Eddie Mize

Chief Security Officer/Vice President - Information Security at The Pinnacle Group Companies

Denver, CO, United States

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Education: Finance/Computer Science

Middle Tennessee State University

1984 : 1985

Computer Science/Business Admin

Lubbock Christian University

1983 : 1984

Experience: Drive information security program strategy for The Pinnacle Group (TPG) and its customers. Lead strategy and define road-map of The Pinnacle Group security services for key customers globally.

Build organizational security foundation such as governance framework/compliance, security awareness program, and overall security strategy for key TPG customers.

Services offered to TPG Customers :

• Provide Red-Team Penetration Testing (physical assessment, digital assessment, and social engineering assessment)

• Blue-Team Consulting Services (non-adversarial assessments, security program gap analysis,

and assistance building and strengthening security programs)

• Virtual CSO

• Incident Response

• Policies, Procedures, and Controls Consulting

2014 : Present

The Pinnacle Group Companies

Chief Security Officer / Vice President - Information Security

Enterprise Architect to Summit Security's Largest Account (over 8,000 Servers). Providing best of class strategy and direction for customer Security Program, Network, Active Directory, Infrastructure (VMWare, Citrix, Virtual Switching and Security), Unix, and DNS. Provided guidance developing the Enterprise Security Program and Strategy.

Provided strategic direction to multiple clients for a comprehensive security program and direction focusing on security as a foundational and supportive part of business.

Led numerous Pentest and Red Team exercises for large prestigious companies.

2012 :

Summit Security LLC

President and Security Principle

11 Hospitals and over 200 clinics. Combined user base of over 39,000 users.

2008 : 2012

Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System

Chief Information Security Officer

2008 : 2011

Exempla Healthcare

Chief Information Security Officer

Managed Architecture and Security Solutions for all Cirque Customers

2003 : 2008

Cirque Solutions Inc

Chief Technologist and CISO

Company: The Pinnacle Group Companies

Years of Experience: 36

About 40 years in the computer industry. Over 28 years in infoSec. Eddie is an integration and security specialist with years of experience building information security programs. He has led numerous pentest and red team events for a wide variety of industries. Eddie has served on Cisco's Enterprise Advisory Board for Information Security. Eddie is a frequent keynote security speaker on information security, mobile security, and cloud security, security evangelist, podcast SME. DEFCON staff goon.

Eddie has been a CISO for two large healthcare organizations and currently leads the security division of The Pinnacle Group. Eddie has created methodology for adversarial and non-adversarial testing and risk assessments and has overseen security projects related to investigations, incident response, digital, physical, and social engineering engagements, and overall security strategy for all size organizations in many industries and government sectors.

Eddie is a CiscoLIVE Distinguished Speaker around the USA and Europe, keynote security presenter, and InfraGard member and information security author published in Network World, and many other publications.

Eddie is a licensed professional pyrotechnician with NightMusick Professional Pyrotechnics since 2007. He is the founder of Art for Charity raising money for the 'Electronic Frontier Foundation' and 'Hackers for Charity' and Hak4Kdz. He has served on the board of Advisers Member - Cyber Shaolin and is a member of the FBI Cyber Ninjas program.

Eddie Mize has been an integral and valuable part of The Blackhat and Defcon conferences and the Information Security community centered around them for years. Thanks for the contribution to the community Eddie! – Jeff Moss VP/CSO ICANN – Founder Blackhat/Defcon Security Conferences - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council